Exchanging Money

the local currency   現地通貨

reais   ﾘアｲｽ　Brazilian reais

real　　/'riːəl/　リｵｩ　　　レアル(ﾌﾞﾗｼﾞﾙの貨幣単位)

centavo  ｾﾝタ-ﾎﾞ：基本単位の1/100 (ｱﾙｾﾞﾝﾁﾝ･ｷｭｰﾊﾞ･ﾒｷｼｺ･ﾌｨﾘﾋﾟﾝなどの貨幣単位)

peso ペソ(中南米･ﾌｨﾘﾋﾟﾝなどの貨幣単位)

a hole：穴

two kind of metal：二種類のメタル

a crown：王冠

paper：紙の

silver：シルバー

bronze：ブロンズ

EXCHANGING MONEY

①Have you ever exchanged your money for a different currency?

I have an experience. When I went to Vladivostok ｳﾞｧﾃﾞｨヴォｽﾄｯｸ far east Russian port by myself by a small plane from Japan. I flew to I flew to at the airport, a currency exchange shop was closed. I was in panic. I went to the information desk but nobody’s there. I coached a person who speak just a little bit English she said to hotel count exchange money, and she usher Me to A taxi stand and then she Explain that I don’t have money at all I felt relieved at the moment.   didn’t have moneyI felt relieved at the moment.  

But the travel itinerary was fixed. So, I caught an usher, information desk to talked to a taxi driver to take me to the Hotel. She said the hotel can exchange money. 

②Is it better to exchange money at the airport or at a bank?

それがポイント；That's the whole point.

レートが良い/悪い両替所；a currency exchange shop with a good/bad rate

～だけが目的ではない；～ is not my only object

お金/時間を浪費したくない；shouldn't waste my money/time

妥協する(折り合いをつける)；come to/reach a compromise

妥協点を見つける；find a compromise

That's the whole point. A currency exchange shop with a good rate is always located in the city, not a airport. It's far from the airport. I know I shouldn't waste my money but also my time. Exchanging money is not my only object.　sometimes we need to compromise.  We need to find a compromise.

③Is it better to exchange all your money at once or keep some yen? 

Of course I keep some Japanese yen. I need the ones to get from the airport to my house. And also I keep some US dollars in my wallet. That’s very useful. You know Japanese yen can’t exchange anywhere.

④After a trip, do you exchange your remaining money back into yen, or do you keep it?

Well, I don't exchange my remaining money back into yen. so I keep the local currency. but I traveled abroad to over 20 countries and regions. 

見分けがつかない；can't tell

so, I can't tell which countries currency those are(I have).especially coins. The letter is very small, on top of that, my eyes are getting older. I can't see as well as I used to.

whole

rate

object

compromise   /'kɒmprəmaɪz/　/'kɑːmprəmaɪz/　n)妥協･歩み寄り

your remaining money

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